Patents by Inventor Donald Thomas Miller

Donald Thomas Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ophthalmoscopy method
    Patent number: 11324398
    Abstract: A method is provided for observing structure and function of individual cells in a living human eye, comprising: using an adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) system to image a volume of a retinal patch including numerous cells of different types, as for example, ganglion cells; using 3D subcellular image registration to correct for eye motion, including digitally dissecting the imaged volume; and using organelle motility inside the cell to increase cell contrast and to measure cell temporal dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Miller, Zhuolin Liu, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Furu Zhang
  • OPHTHALMOSCOPY METHOD
    Publication number: 20200022575
    Abstract: A method is provided for observing structure and function of individual cells in a living human eye, comprising: using an adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) system to image a volume of a retinal patch including numerous cells of different types, as for example, ganglion cells; using 3D subcellular image registration to correct for eye motion, including digitally dissecting the imaged volume; and using organelle motility inside the cell to increase cell contrast and to measure cell temporal dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Miller, Zhuolin Liu, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Furu Zhang